Our Vison

Our Vision is to transform Career Services of Seattle University, in collaboration with our community, into a national leader of vocational discernment and professional formation of students and alumni.

Our Mission

Career Services assists students and alumni in making and pursuing personally authentic and ethical career decisions by educating and engaging them in the continuous process of career development.

• We inspire students to participate in a reflective process about their experiences in and beyond the university, integrating their academic, co-curricular and experiential learning to discover their life’s passion and purpose.

• We collaborate with faculty and staff to engage students in every setting about their vocational and professional formation, acting as facilitators for the career-development process across the university

• We serve as a resource and advocate, connecting with employers who present opportunities for students and alumni to use their unique gifts and talents to make a positive difference.

Our Objectives:

• To facilitate early, continuous, and holistic career decision making about vocational discernment and responsible leadership for the diverse body of SU students.

• To procure and facilitate student and alumni career and professional opportunities.

• To design, develop, and provide relevant and continuous career/professional-development opportunities to SU alumni.

• To raise the awareness of the relevance of the career-development process and engagement among all constituents of the University and its community.

• To develop a reputation as a central facilitator of career and professional opportunities for students and alumni.

• To lead the collection of university-wide data on student career-development outcomes.

• To generate career-related data, methods, and best practices that can add to the international career-services knowledge base.